It may be hard to think of an underdog in equestrian sports, but if there is one, Princeton is it.
Quakers, or members of the Religious Society of Friends, believe strongly in an egalitarian spirit that treats women as equals.
Faced with a field of strong opponents, the men's golf team had a tough time this Monday and Tuesday at The Prestige tournament in Palm Springs, Calif., finishing 15th out of 15 teams.The tournament was attended by many schools from major conferences such as perennial powerhouse and NCAA Champion Stanford, as well as UCLA, UC-Davis, Notre Dame, USC, Cal and Illinois.Even though the field was extremely talented, the Princeton team fell short of expectations, shooting some of the highest scores it has posted this fall season.Senior co-captains John Sawin and Brent Herlihy were the Tigers' highest finishers, tying for 55th and shooting 14-over par, on a week where the individual champion, Cardinal Zach Miller, fired a tournament total nine-under par."I think that our team struggled with a lot of distractions this week, especially in the first round," Sawin said.
In the world of sports, it's not over until it's over. This holds true, especially for soccer. In many cases one goal is enough to make the difference, and a goal can be scored in a split second.But it wasn't a lucky day for the women's soccer team, as a single-goal difference resulted in a Tiger loss.
In an impressive defensive showing, the sprint football team held the Cornell offense to just 13 points in Ithaca, N.Y., on Friday.
This weekend, the field hockey team played two games with two quite different results. On Saturday, the Tiger offense was hitting on all cylinders in a dominating 6-1 win over Ivy League rival Brown.
In one of life's little ironies, a certain Princetonian with the last name of Urban turns out to be anything but that.
Going into this weekend's action, the men's water polo team (13-6 overall, 5-2 Collegiate Water Polo Association) had reached the most important part of its season.
Some people are just naturally good in the limelight: when the spotlight is on, and the music starts to play, something magical happens.With the lights shining on the first Friday night game between Ivy opponents in the league's 50-year history and with the legitimacy of the Tigers' undefeated 4-0 start in question, the football team (5-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) proved itself with a 17-3 win over Brown (1-4, 0-2) thanks in large part to continued strong defensive play."I thought our defensive secondary played great against a very good corps of wide receivers," head coach Roger Hughes said.
The Tigers proved their strength and depth once again this weekend when the women's cross country team competed at two of the most exciting races of the season with hopes of learning the strengths and weaknesses of its league and national rivals.
It is no coincidence that the women's volleyball team cheer is a collective shout of one word: rage.
With a solid showing at the Pre-Nationals Invitational, the men's cross country team appears poised for a strong finish to its season.With the Ivy League, District and National Championships all coming up in the next five weeks, the Tigers are "right where [they] need to be," according to junior harrier Frank Tinney.On Saturday, led by sophomore Michael Maag and junior David Nightingale, the Princeton squad placed 13th out of 36 teams at Indiana State's Lavern Gibson Course in Terre Haute, Ind., the site of the NCAA Championships in five weeks.In spite of a strong field that included two of the top five teams in the nation, Stanford and Iona, the Tigers managed to finish ahead of William & Mary and Arizona State, both ranked teams.
One might think that taking a lead into the 84th minute would almost always result in a win. Not so.
It was a chilly Friday night when the football team faced the Brown Bears in the hopes of keeping its undefeated season intact.
Ask any club sports athlete if they know Cristine McCarthy, and the reaction is always the same: You get a chuckle and a roll of the eyes.
When the quarterback passes long, the football hangs in the air and for a palpable moment the fans don't know whether to cheer or sigh, that's exciting football.
After suffering their first loss of the season against Dartmouth a week ago, the players on the women's volleyball team (12-1 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) learned a valuable lesson: they don't like to lose.This keen insight allowed Princeton to rally back and squash Harvard 3-0.
